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SOCIAL IDENTITY

1. These are the personal qualities that a person has and displays to others consistently that they part of your

SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION

Social role valorisation is a principle that is developed in succession to the normalisation principle that stresses the importance of

SOURCE FACTORS

These are the characteristics of the source that will influence its effectiveness.

STATUS EPILEPTICUS

a non-stop series of seizures that can result in death.

SUBJECT

The participant (either a human or non human) that is taken for the purpose of doing research. It also refers

SURFACE TRAITS

sum of 35 individual traits that can be directly observed from the patient's conduct. These traits are consistent with not

TARGET STIMULUS

the stimulus that people in a test or procedure must respond to. Among many stimuli, a person selects the one

SELF-CONTROL

a person's ability to control emotions and behaviour and to limit our impulses. See self- discipline; self-regulation; self-controlled. Having this

SELF-REPORT

the answer to a series of questions about our feelings, beliefs and attitudes etc. Self-report relies on us to be

SHAPING

Producing new forms of behaviour by reinforcement and conditioning. also called approximation conditioning; behaviour shaping.

SNOWBALL SAMPLING

A recruitment method for new participants. The current participants are asked to recommend new people for the study.

SOCIAL INCENTIVE

an inducement to behave in an approved way that involves offering interpersonal rewards like acceptance, inclusion, approval that quality of

SOCIAL SCIENCE

A number of disciplines that are concerned with social interactions of people that is studied from a research and scientific

SPECIFICITY

1. the quality of being unique from everything else. 2. A probability that a person will test negative for a

STEREOTYPE

a set of generalisations about a group of people or a social category. It may correct or incorrect. Mostly, these

SUBJECT VARIABLE

The variable which is related to individual in the research is called subject variable. This variable is not usually changed

SURVEY

1. Studying a group of participants selected from the population that are measured and analysed. 2. to carry out a

TASK STRUCTURE

it is the structure in which the means to the end; everything is structured properly to perform a task. To

SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY

Emphasises the importance of autonomy and intrinsic motivation to produce a healthy adjustment. This theory emphasize on how a person

SELF-REPORT BIAS

This problem arises when people do a self-report and try to make a good impression of them or are unsure